‘Just can’t go to sleep’: DIY cultures and alternative economies from the perspective of social theory

IF 0.2 Q3 Social Sciences
P. Guerra
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This article explores the modalities of involvement of young people in underground punk music scenes, as they forge do-it-yourself (DIY) careers through applying skills in production, promotion, composition and performance, acquired through long-term immersion in these scenes. In each such career, we can see an illustration of how youth culture can be seen as a platform through which young people acquire practical skills and competence in an era of risk, uncertainty and precarious living. Working with a corpus of over 200 interviews, we propose an analysis of the representations of Portuguese punk scene members with regard to the DIY experience, demonstrating and specifying scene knowledge, networks and skills, which are crucial to the location of these subcultural entrepreneurs in the larger labour market. We will also attempt to demonstrate the importance of DIY ethics, aesthetics and praxis in the constitution and dynamics of the Portuguese punk scene from the late 1970s until today, highlighting its role in the lives of the participants. Moreover, we will look at DIY as an expression of the symbolic capital of punk, enabling careers, pathways, trajectories and roles, as well as functioning as a specific (sub-)cultural capital present in most underground musical events, and with particular intensity in the case of punk. Finally, the feud between the mainstream and the underground is a key issue in the discussion of the DIY ethos, taking us into the core of the question of authenticity.
“就是睡不着”:社会理论视角下的DIY文化和另类经济
本文探讨了年轻人参与地下朋克音乐场景的方式,他们通过在制作、推广、作曲和表演中应用长期沉浸在这些场景中获得的技能,打造自己动手(DIY)的职业生涯。在每一个这样的职业生涯中,我们都可以看到一个例子,说明如何将青年文化视为一个平台,让年轻人在一个充满风险、不确定性和生活不稳定的时代获得实用技能和能力。通过对200多个采访的语料库,我们提出了对葡萄牙朋克场景成员在DIY体验方面的表现进行分析,展示和指定场景知识、网络和技能,这些知识、网络、技能对这些亚文化企业家在更大的劳动力市场中的位置至关重要。我们还将试图证明DIY伦理、美学和实践在20世纪70年代末到今天葡萄牙朋克场景的构成和动态中的重要性,强调其在参与者生活中的作用。此外,我们将把DIY视为朋克象征性资本的表达,使职业、道路、轨迹和角色成为可能,并在大多数地下音乐活动中作为一种特定的(亚)文化资本发挥作用,在朋克的情况下具有特别的强度。最后,主流和地下之间的不和是讨论DIY精神的一个关键问题,将我们带入了真实性问题的核心。
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期刊介绍: The Portuguese Journal of Social Science is a peer-reviewed cross-disciplinary journal focusing on research about Portuguese society by scholars of any nationality. However, the journal takes a broad view and accepts articles that are not exclusively devoted to the Portuguese case. We particularly welcome comparative studies. While the journal concentrates on research articles it operates a flexible policy in respect of other types of submission, including book reviews.
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